Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission

Re:Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without... by II2II on Monday June 24, 2024 @06:47PM (#40781921)

> I understand Microsoft has built up good will through efforts like VS Code, but it's all undone because of things like this.

Someone in Microsoft should look into who is making these decisions, why these decisions are are being made, and why they are being received so negatively. Then they need to address them.

Even though I'm not much of a fan of Microsoft products, I get the impression that they have some excellent developers making excellent products that end up being undermined by business decisions. These are decisions that will probably end up undermining the business itself. We don't live in the 1990's anymore. Microsoft has plenty of competitors who are nibbling away at their edges.

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Re:Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without... by jtriangle on Monday June 24, 2024 @06:54PM (#40781994)

Oh, I mean, the "why" is pretty simple. They're going to enable onedrive upload by default, wait until the sync finishes, then change the EULA to allow them to scrape everyone's onedrive for machine learning data that they can then sell.

>>Welcome to hell.

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Re:Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without... by marcosdumay on Monday June 24, 2024 @07:03PM (#40782067)

> change the EULA

Have you read the Windows privacy policy any time in the last decade?

They don't need to change anything.

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Re:Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without... by jtriangle on Monday June 24, 2024 @07:26PM (#40782271)

I can't tell you the last time I read a EULA. Probably back when software still came in a box and they put the EULA in said box, and I was stuck on the toilet without any other reading materials.

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Re:Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without... by silverquiet on Monday June 24, 2024 @07:28PM (#40782295)

I assume that every EULA basically says, “we can do whatever we want and there’s nothing you can do about it. Also, fuck you. Also, you’re ugly.”

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Re:Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without... by account42 on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @08:01AM (#40787433)

If you were already on the toilet with the EULA you had the opportunity to put it to better use than reading it.

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Re:Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without... by cyanydeez on Monday June 24, 2024 @07:21PM (#40782227)

Nah? Thats the next MBAs bag.

This MBAs job is to get as many copilot dailyvusers as possible and to do that they need your files in their data orbit.

Remember when dropbox had to tell everone their openai integration wad opt in.

Youre a few MBAs ahead, todays MBA just needs daily copilot users and thats onlyvfeasible with the cloud.

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Re:Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without... by ozgrakkurt on Monday June 24, 2024 @07:28PM (#40782297)

Why do you assume these decisions are made below c suite level?

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Re:Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without... by hparadiz on Monday June 24, 2024 @07:51PM (#40782528)

The decisions are probably made by a C suite level who is responsible for specifically OneDrive. They could not care less if the rest of the company crashes and burns on their way out the door with their golden parachute.

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